Cash receptacle



June 22, 1954 N. T. cARNE CASH RECEPTACLE 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed June16, 1951 INVENTOR NELSON THOMAS GARNE HIS ATTORNEYS Patented June 22,1954 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE CASH RECEPTACLE Nelson Thomas Carne,London, England, assigno to The National Cash Register Company, Dayton,Ohio, a corporation of Maryland Application June 16, 1951, Serial No.231,995

Claims priority, application Great Britain July 10, 1950 Claims. (Cl.206--.83)

This inventicn l'elates to cash receptacles Which The drawer illustratedis Suit-able for use in a are sub-dividecl into a plurality of differentcomcash registei` and compl'ises a. tray having a recpartinents forcontaining cash in the form of tangular base i (see Fig. 3) to Which issecured coins or bank notes. by means of screws Z, side Walls 3 andfront and The present nvention is more particularly con- 5 back: Wallslt, 5, the outer surface of each side Wall oerned With cash drawers foruse in cash regis- 3 being provided With a metal runner E and a ters andservice counters, and is also applioable latch ':i. to removable 'traysfor use With such drawers. It Will be assumed for the purpose of thefol- Feretofoi'e, the partitions sub-dividing such lowing descriptionthat it is required to divide draWers or the like into a plurality ofcompartthe drawer into eight compartments.

ments, have been formed either integrally With A member 8 (Figs. 2, 3and 4) in the form of a the frame of the dratver, or secured thereto soas cove, i. e. a member having two plane faces at to .form a rigidstructure Whereby the design of right angles to each other connected bya third the compartinents has been face Which is concave, is thel'eforeprovided in This type of cash receptacle has attendant unthe fore-frontof the tray With the Vertical face desirable features both inmanufa-cture and use, the front Wall 13 thereof, and extenciing as forexample, Whereas it may be most economithe full Width of the said tray.cal to manufacture a standard type of drawer, A further cove 9 of equallength, silnilarly in use it is desirable that the compartmentspositioned, is provided internediate the depth of should be arrangedaccording to the various types the drawer so that the distance betweenthe conof cash to be handled in particular instances. Cave surface oisaid cove 3 and the back 5 O1"- the The Object of the invention is toprovide a cash tray is substantially two thirds of the depth ofreceptacle Which not only oii'ers economy in mansaid tray. ufacture, butalso provides flexibility of arrange- The front portion thus formed isdivided by a ment of the compartments so that they may be fiat partitionle Which is slightly more in length designed in a nlanner most suitableto accommothan one third` of the depth of the tray. The date the cash tobe handled t ereby. back portion is centrally divided by a partition llAccording to the present invention a cash re- Which is approximatelyequal in length to the cepta-cle colnprises a tray, a plurality ofintermaximum length of the paper money to be changeable members adaptedto be arrangecl 39 handled and Which is slightly less than two thirdsWithin the tray so as to partitlon the tray into a of the depth of thetray, to provide left and rightrequired number of cash compartments, thememhand compartments. bers being`` seiectivelyremovable and/or exchange-The left and right-hand compartments are able so as to enablemodification of the cash 00meach :livided laterally by a cove l2 Whichis ap- Dartments in their Size, shape, 01' number, Or in 2:,pl-Oximately half the length of the caves a and 9 aconlbinaton of thesefactl's. so as to form a pair of sub-oompartments, the The members arepreferably securable Within fol-emcst pair of Which 35.3 each dvfiedlongituthe tray various positions so as to sub-divide dinauy by apartmon 3 Which is sghflv less said tray both ei'ally andlongittudinally antd than One third of the :Gram V 1"! '1 *1, 73 f e I'q 1,

t-o dtbhsmcay formclms R-eierrlng more partlcularly to Flg. lt Will ofthe 061,5 of the Compmtmems be seen that the opposite ends OI" partitionThe above and other subsidiary features of the aeertlca and Curverespetn'ely' O meet the present invention as applied, by Way of exampleVelucal Concave faces of the Comsonly, to one Inanner of carrying itinto effect, Will The Vetf anf COnaVe fs Of the COVeS Ba now bedescribed and are illustrated in the ac- 9, are provloed Withcorrcspondlng slots l, and

conipanying drawings. notohes l, respectively, adapted to accommodate InSaid drawings: the ends of the partitions, the forward end of Fig. l isa perspective View of the cash drawer, each patition having a lug forengagement looking from the front of the cash draWer. With a selectednotch 5 of its associated cove, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cash draWer, the reaI'Wa-l'd end ofeach partition engaging With looking from the rear of the cash draWer.the slots the Vertical faces of the coves 2 only Fig, 3 is an explodedview of Fig. 2. being slotted (see Fig. 3). Fig. 4 is a detail view of amodified form of a 'The upper corner of the real' end of each parcovefor a coin compartment. tition is notched at l? (see Fig. 3) Whichserves to accommodate retaining strips IS (see Figs, 1 and 2) Whichextend laterally across the tray.

The side Walls 3 are notched at 19 (see Fg. 3) to accommodate the` endsof the retaining strips H8 Which are secured thereto and to the coves bymeans of screvvs 2%.

Reierring to Fig. 3 it Will be seen that the base i of the tray isprovided With lateral grooves 2i accommodating the horizonte-1 faces ofthe coves, the latter being secured by screws passing through holes 22in the base and engaging therewth. Wh Te the coves are not fitted, thegrcoves may be filled by the addition of fillets (not shown) to build upthe level of the floor.

It Will be seen from Figs. l and 3 that the parltion ll and the sideWalls 3 of the tray are each provided with a bush 23. The purpose ofeach bush to carry the shank of the usual bill or note clip (not shown)should one or more compartments be required to accommodate bank. notes.

In such a case, all that is necessary to modify the drawer, is to removeone, or both, coves 2, and diVide the relevant compartment remaining,longitudinally, by means of the addition of a partition similar inlength to the partition H, the additional partition carrying a bush oneach face thereof.

One or more coves may also be provided, dependent upon the requireddesign of the compartlnents, Which may be approximately half the lengthof the coves 2.

The components of the drawer are preferably moulded from athermo-setting plastic, but may also be made in Wood or metal.

The coves could be made as sheet metal pressings, or moulded fromthermo-setting plastic, and in the latter case they may be holloW asshown in Fig. 4. In this latter construction each end. of the holloWcoves is formed With an internal rib 25% having a portion 25 thereofbored at 2% by means of Which the coves can be secured to the base i ofthe tray.

As the coves and partitions are of various lengths according to thecapacity of the compartments Which they are to compose, many othercombinations and arrangements of compartrnents can be obtained by theselective use of the components above mentioned Which may thus be leptas stock parts and Withdravvn as required, thercby meeting the majorityof practical requirements in regard to the arrangements of cashdratvers. Also, drawers already in use can be modified to suit anyalteration of requirements, simply by changing the components.

What olaimed is:

l`. In a cash receptacle, the combination of a tray, a plurality ofmembers mounted in the tray, said members having horizontal, Verticaland coved suriaces, recesses in the bottom of the tray, the horizontalsurfaces of the members mounted in said recesses, notches in the upperedge of said members, corresponding slots cut in the Vertical surfacesof .said members, and partitions, fewer in number than the number ofslots and notches, each partition having one end ormed With a lug andthe other end having a Vertical Wall, said lugs mounted in selected onesof the notches of the members and said Vertical Walls mounted inselected ones of the slots of said members, to selectively form cashreceptacles of predetermined arrangements.

2. In a cash receptacle, the combination of a tray, a plurality ofmembers mounted in the tray, said members having horizontal, Verticaland coved surfaces, recesses in the bottom of the tray, the horizontalsurfaces of the members mounted in said recesses, notches in the upperedge of said members, corresponding slots cut in the Vertical surfacesof said members, and partitions, fewer in number than the number ofslots and notches, each partition having one end iormed With a lu g andthe other end having a Vertical Wall, said lugs mounted in selected onesof the notches of the members and said Vertical Walls mounted inselected ones of the slots of said members, to selectively form cashreoeptacles of predetermined arrangements, and retaining strips locatedover the said lugs, and partitions and secured to the tray to maintainthe members and partitions in the selected positions.

3. In a cash receptacle the combination of a tray, a plurality ofinterchangeable elements mounted Within the tray so as to partition thetray into a selected number of cash compartments, said elementscomprising members having horizontal, Vertical and coved Surfaces, andpartitions having one end curved to conform With the contour of thecoves and the other end being Vertical, notches in the members spaced atVarying distances, corresponding slots in the Vertical surfaces of themembers, lugs formed at the upper terminus of the curved ends of thepartitions, said lugs insertcd into selected ones of the notches and thesaid Vertical ends of the partitions inserted into selected ones of theslots, and means to maintain the coves and partitions in theirrespective positions.

4. In a cash receptacle the combination of a tray, a plurality ofinterchangeable elements mounted Within the tray so as to partition thetray into a selected number of cash compartments, said elementscomprising members having horizontal, Vertical and coved surfaces andpartitions having one end curved to conform With the contour of thecoves and the other end being Vertical, notches in the members spaced atVarying distances, corresponding slots in the Vertical surfaces of themembers, lugs formed at the upper terminus of the curved ends of thepartitions, said lugs inserted into selected ones of the notches and thesaid Vertical ends of the partitions inserted into selected ones of theslots, and means to maintain the coves and partitions in their selectedpositions and recesses formed in the bottom of the tray to receive themembers.

5. In a cash receptacle the combination of a tray, a plurality ofinterchangeable elements mounted Within the tray so as to partition thetray into a selected number of cash compartments, said elementscomprising members having horizontal, Vertical and coved surfaces andpartitions having One end curved to conform With the Contour of thecoves and the other end being Vertical, notches in the members spaced atVarying distances, corresponding slots in the Vertical suraces of themembers, lugs formed at the upper terminus of the curved ends of thepartitions, said lugs nserted into selected ones of the notches and thesaid Vertical ends of the partitions inserted into selected ones of theslots, and means to maintain the coves and partitions in theirrespective positions, and recesses formed in the bottom of the tray toreceive the members, said coVe members forming floors for the cashcompartments.

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